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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: National information system reports 197 more deaths

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 197 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria 

Partial results show GERB winning Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB was set to win the largest number of seats in the April 4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party executive bureau resigns, but not Ninova

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova said on April 5 that the party’s entire executive bureau had resigned in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 82 more deaths, active cases drop by 200

April 5, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 82 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections: What happens now?

April 4, 2021April 6, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2021

Traditionally, with the exit polls in, this should be an article headlined “Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections: Winners and losers”.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Borissov’s coalition has largest share of votes – exit poll

April 4, 2021April 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-Union of Democratic Forces electoral coalition got 25.7 per cent of the votes in Bulgaria’s April 4 2021

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April parliamentary elections head into final stretch

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s April 4 2021 parliamentary elections headed into the final stretch ahead of polls closing at 8pm, with problems with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Hiccoughs with voting machines in some places

April 4, 2021April 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission ordered the suspension of the use of voting machines in an electoral district in Veliko Turnovo

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 857 deaths, 67 920 doses of vaccines administered

April 4, 2021April 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 857 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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